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Numbers 23:15

23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Pisgah: or, the hill
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

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He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there.”

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

What does Numbers 23:15 mean?

Numbers 23:15 is a verse in the book of Numbers, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), בָּלָק (Bâlâq), יָצַב (yâtsab). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
he
saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
unto
Balak,בָּלָקBâlâq/baw-lawk'/H1111Balak, a Moabitish king
Standיָצַבyâtsab/yaw-tsab'/H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
hereכֹּהkôh/ko/H3541properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
by
thy
burnt
offering,עֹלָהʻôlâh/o-law'/H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
while
I
meetקָרָהqârâh/kaw-raw'/H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
the
LORD
yonder.כֹּהkôh/ko/H3541properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

Commentary on Numbers 23:15

HENRY_FULL · Numbers 23:15
um.18" Aaron being now fully established in the priesthood abundantly to his own satisfaction, and to the satisfaction of the people (which was the good that God brought out of the evil opposition made to him), in this chapter God gives him full instructions concerning his office or rather repeats those which he had before given him. He tells him, I. What must be his work and the care and charge committed to him, and what assistance he should have the Levites in that work, ver. 1-7 . II. What should be his and the Levites' wages for this work. 1. The perquisites or fees peculiar to the priests, ver. 8-19 . 2. The settled maintenance of the Levites, ver. 20-24 . III. The portion which must be paid to the priests out of the Levites' maintenance, ver. 25-32 . Thus every one knew what he had to do, and what he had to live upon.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 29:34

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. Levi: that is, Joined

Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Numbers 3:10

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Numbers 4:15

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 8:19

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. a gift: Heb. given

Numbers 8:22

And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

Numbers 16:40

To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 17:7

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

Numbers 23:4

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

1 Chronicles 16:39

And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

1 Chronicles 16:40

To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; morning: Heb. in the morning, and in the evening

2 Chronicles 30:16

And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. their place: Heb. their standing

Ezekiel 44:15

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Numbers 23:15.

Numbers 23:3

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. to an: or, solitary

2 Samuel 18:30

And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

Numbers 23:16

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

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What does Numbers 23:15 say?

Numbers 23:15 (King James Version) reads: "And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder."

Is Numbers 23:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Numbers 23:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Numbers.

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